New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-01
BLUE AND WHITE AHEAD.
HARVARD FRESHMEN BADLY BEATEN.
AN UNEXPECTED VICTORY FOR COLUMBIA ON rHR
THAMES-THE TIME SLOW.

IHAMES-THk TIME SLOW.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBuNx1
NEw.LONDON, June 30.-History repeatcd Itself
to-day, for though the Puritan made the Knickers
cocker take back seat on Monday the mors
youthful champions changed all that in boat racing
rs In national history. Good form and good time
carried the Columbia freshmen over the finish lnt
to-day far in advance Of their bulky competitors
from Harvard The ree' Il was so unexpected that
there were not six Columbia men near enough to.
gether TO cheer, while the multiple @Rah, rahs- Of
Harvard were sent out In vain to cheer a faintinQ
crew. The Harvard launch used as the referee
boat, tarried long enough for youthful and much
excited time keeper to give the press the figures
Columbia IL :I3s4; Harvard IL 35, and then
sailed of without vouchsafing any further details,
such as time for the half miles. There has been
the greatest variety Of incident and circumstance
IN the long pogrammc OF college races this year.
but one characteristic has been uniform throughout
and that is the evident desire of the officers Of
the races to keep all information from the public
and the press.
The race was set for lis D. mi. The weather
was all that could be desired, for not q cloud
obscured the ha3y blue Of the sky, not ripple
broke the glasy surface of the Thames Ths
harbor was studded with yachts and steamers the
towering spars Of the big schooner Montaul< were
surmounted with the crimson pennant of Harvard.
While her rigging was strung with fags of every
color Yachts of less dimensions were equally
lavish in bunting, and small Hotilla of steam
yachts, led by the Empress plOughed up the waters
OF the two-mile course. The feet of excursion
steamers headed by the Manhansett, heeling fear
fully to the shady side under the load Of college
men and New-London maidens were carly at tho
starting point of the Navy Yard.
The Harvard eight, big and bulky coming down
the river loomed up like the crew of beef eaters
that they were. The Columbia boat was a speclx
in the distance If there is anything in beef, good
porterhouse steak of the best the New-London mar
ket affords, 1t should have been Harvard DAY. The
freshmen from Cambridge averaged I61 hounds in
weight and were bulkier than any varsity eight
on the river this year except the Pcnnsylvania
giants. They pulled slowly down the river with
a not too even stroke. Their arms were biz and
brown, their shoulders broad and high the know
ing ones had put their money to on these solid
men from Cambridge The Columbia men, aver
aging 13 pounds less in weight, came down with
clean moppy stroke, but the Cambridge freshmen
lay baking in the rays of the declining sun for ten
minutes before the youthful Knicke bockers were
beside them. The eight wearers of the blue and
white jerseys swept b. the steamers looking like
zebra striped centipede bottom side un or a
row Of BARRIERS poles all bowling down before
the little hundred pounds god who sat
in the stern sheets. handling the tiler ropes.
For while Referee Cornell had fun with the
stake boats. Two abe-bodied citizens Of Gales
Ferry manned these and after much mannuvring
with the oar and anchor at last got
them arranged to the referees satisfaction.
The shells were In place at 6:65 D. m,
and two minutes later they leaped on their way
down the river At the word from Referee r. q.
Cornell, Of Columbia, the eight big men from Har-
ward made the water fairly boil behind their
oar blades, but the wiry well.balanced eight from
making half the fuss Eyert j. Wendell.
who had been. incitin0. the Harvard men
the Manhansetf to repeated ebullitions of cheer
ing, waved his crimson flag franficaliy and the
encourage three tmesthree rolled over the water
to the wieders Of the crinson-bladed oars There
were no cheers for Columbia, but Columbia didn't
need any. Coxswain Dufourcy was sending them
along at 38 strokes to the minute and their clean
stroke evidently pokIng the uose OF their shell
fell away rapidly to a. while Columbia hello 1t up
M &c. dropped a notch 70 35 and then put it up to
81 again. Columbia had begun to gain and kept
gaming The Harvard cheering lost It's ring OF
exultation. An anxious desire TO encourage sub
dued its tone, but the crimson lost steadily. The
big men did not SWING together and No. 3 was
sun. waiting for Columbia. Sanford, who
boat, boat KEEP. mepping his big ,,, head with
settled down, after the starting spurt, TO regular
swIng OF their daily work. Sanford seemed to have
difficulty in Strengthening himself out About the
end of the first half mile, he evidently moved his
seat out of Its sIide for he seemed not TO use his
slide at all and doubled over that he lett big
gap in the row Of swinging bodies. When the acci-
dent occurred he skipped stroke altogether. but
chmed IN again with the swing Of 36 to the minute
The wiry men in blue and white were pulling
their boat away from the Harvard shell There were
fully three lengths of clear water at the mile flag.
They pulled well with the exception OF an occa-
sional splash. Seven of the Harvard men
were dong well. No. was having
hard fight of IT, evidently working himself to
death and was fast becoming dead weight With
the confidence of victory Dufourcy lowered the
Columbia stroke to 34. rales kept the Harvard
men banging away at 81. but still they fell behind:
On the last half mile No. 3 was so badly pdmped
that the stroke had to be lowered to "a and the
two eIghts pulled over the line at thae gait, Har-
ward SIX boats lengths behind
The whistles shrieked, the scattered Columbia
men fell OH each others necks for joy and Mr. Wen
dels tinless band cbeered again and again for the
iion to appreciate the compliment As
the boat went over the line he gave
up the struggle and fell back into tho
lap of Matthews, who pulled No. 3 Matthews
and Sears poured cold water on him, but he seemed
TO he completely prostrated. Dufourcy steered
the Columbia shell little wildly at the mile flag:
but the blue and white made good race of it. and
it is not probable that the result would baye been
different had Harvard's No. been able 10 do more
for his country. The slow tIme IN comparison
TO Yaes record of last Saturday. is partly due to
the weaker tide. After the heavy rain OF last
week the ebb tide carried the Yale men down ct .
rapid rate. The crews were as follows:
COLUMBIA